Upgrading from Windows 10 Home Edition to a later version

Upgrading from Windows 10 Home Edition to a later version

In Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 8.1, the Enterprise Edition of Windows is a different installation image from other editions (Home Edition, Professional Edition) and cannot be upgraded from the home or Professional Edition to the Enterprise Edition. In Windows 10, the basic version (home, pro, education, pro), in essence, is the same installation image, so you can upgrade from a lower version (Home Edition, pro) to an Enterprise Edition or Education edition.

On July 29, MSDN subscribers can download the ISO image for Enterprise, Pro, and home editions, where people can't download an education version of the image (they can start downloading, but they can't download it later). In fact, you just need to download the "Pro and Home" version of this image. After downloading, install as Pro, then change the key to achieve the purpose of upgrading to Enterprise Edition or Education edition.

1 Windows 10 Client KMS key

When you install the Pro version of Windows 10, you can use the KMS client's key, the following is the key for the KMS client of Windows 10 (these keys can be used when installing Windows 10, and if you want to activate, you must mate with KMS Server).

Windows Ten PROFESSIONALW269N-WFGWX-YVC9B-4J6C9-T83GX

Windows Ten Enterprisenppr9-fwdcx-d2c8j-h872k-2yt43

Windows Ten EDUCATIONNW6C2-QMPVW-D7KKK-3GKT6-VCFB2

Windows Ten Enterprise Ltsbwnmtr-4c88c-jk8yv-hq7t2-76df9

Windows Ten Education N2WH4N-8QGBV-H22JP-CT43Q-MDWWJ

Windows Enterprise Ndph2v-ttnvb-4x9q3-tjr4h-khjw4

Windows Ten Professional Nmh37w-n47xk-v7xm9-c7227-gcqg9

Windows Ten Enterprise LTSB N2F77B-TNFGY-69QQF-B8YKP-D69TJ

2 Windows 10 Each image file name, size

This is the Chinese version downloaded from the Microsoft MSDN site, the name and size of each image of Windows 10:

Where x64 is a 64-bit version, x86 is a 32-bit version. Education is the education version, Enterprise is the Business Edition, Multiple_editions is the Professional Edition and the Home Edition.

For most users, there is only a need for cn_windows_10_multiple_editions_x64_dvd_6848463.iso and

Cn_windows_10_multiple_editions_x86_dvd_6846431.iso These two will be all right.

3 Test Install Windows 10 Home Edition

To create a virtual machine, install Windows 10, enter the serial number, and enter the serial number for your home or Professional Edition, as shown in 3-1. If you enter the corresponding serial number, the figure 3-2 does not appear. If you skip this step, the following will appear in Figure 3-2, figure 3-3.

If you "skipped" the serial number, the version Selection page appears, as shown in 3-2.

After the installation is complete, enter the serial number for Windows 10 (the version selected in Figure 3-2), as shown in 3-3.

"description" Windows 10 Home Edition does not have a KMS serial number, you need to find a "retail version" of the serial number. If you do not, then select the Pro version in Figure 3-1, and enter the professional version of the serial number.

After the system is installed, in the "control Panel → system and Security → system", view the version as shown in 3-4.

4 Upgrade to Enterprise Edition

In Figure 3-4, click Next, or click Activate Windows 10 (if activated, change product key, as shown in 3-5).

(1) Enter the Update and Security dialog box, and in activation, click Change Product Key, as shown in 3-5.

(2) In the Enter Product Key dialog box, enter the serial number of the changed version (if it is a Home edition, you can enter the serial number for the professional, enterprise, or educational version, or you can enter the serial number for the enterprise or education version if it is a Professional edition).

(3) in the "Upgrade your Windows version" dialog box, click "Start Upgrade", 3-7 as shown.

(4) After starting the upgrade, 3-8 is shown.

(5) After the system will automatically restart, after entering the system, the prompt upgrade has been completed, 3-9 shows.

(6) Upgrade complete, enter the system.

5 Upgrade to Educational edition

You can also upgrade from the Home Edition to Education edition, the main steps are as follows.

(1) is currently a home edition.

(2) Change the "Product Key", as shown in 5-2.

(3) Enter the education version of the product key, as shown in 5-3.

(4) Start the upgrade, upgrade completed, 5-4 shown.

"description" (1) Enterprise Edition and Education Edition is equivalent to "the highest version", so Enterprise Edition and Education Edition cannot ascend mutually.

(2) After upgrade, cannot downgrade.

(3) After the upgrade, the original data, installed programs can continue to use, do not need to reconfigure.

6 Windows 10 Enterprise Edition LTSB

Windows LTSB is a separate version (6-1), unlike other products that do not include the "App Store", and Start menu apps, without Edge, Cortana, etc., taking up less resources for small businesses. As shown in 6-2.

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Upgrading from Windows 10 Home Edition to a later version